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by Alex Miller-Mignone


On June 3, 2008, following his victory in the Montana primary, Barack Obama became the first black presidential candidate of any major political party in any Western democracy. Ever.

It was less than four years since his meteoric premiere on the national stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, where he gave the keynote speech. At the time, he did not even possess national office.

How did this relatively obscure individual, son of a black Kenyan immigrant father and a white Kansas-born mother, rise in so short a time to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, against no less a competitor than Hillary Clinton? Deep Space points such as Black Holes and Masers hold the key



[for a full biography of Obama, see my article in the February 2007 Daykeeper].